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William WATTS Adm. sizar (age 16) at CAIUS, c 1606:07 . S. of William, of Tibenham, Norfolk . School, Moulton [ Norfolk ] (Mr Matchet). Matric. 1606 ; B.A. 1610/1 ; M.A. 1614 ; D.D. 1639 . Incorp. at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1618 . Fellow ( i.e. chaplain) of Caius, 1616-26 . C. of St Sepulchre's, Cambridge [ Cambridgeshire ], 1615 . V. of St Peter's [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire ], 1615-7 . Travelled abroad as chaplain to Sir Albertus Morton on his mission to the united protestant princes of Germany . Chaplain to Charles I. V. of Barwick, Norfolk , 1624 . R. of St Alban, Wood Street, London , 1625-43, ejected. Preb. of Wells [ Somerset ], 1633 ; appointed Archdeacon of Wells [ Somerset ], 1645, but never took possession. Army chaplain to Prince Rupert during the Wars. Married Dorothy, dau. of Mrs Judith Vaughan, widow, of Canterbury [ Kent ], 21 Feb., 1625/6. Author; translated Confessions of St Augustine ; edited Historia Major of Matthew Paris. Died 1649, at Kinsale, Ireland ; buried there. Admon. (P.C.C.) Aug., 1663. ( Venn, I. 193; D.N.B. ; Hennessy ; Al. Oxon. ) | William WATTS Approx. lifespan: 15901649 Adm. sizar (age 16) at Gonville & Caius College c1606:07 s. of William WATTS of Tibenham, Norfolk , School Moulton, [Norfolk], ( Mr MATCHET ) Matric. 1606 B.A. 1610/1 M.A. 1614 D.D. 1639 Incorp. at Oxford University 1618 Fellow ( i.e. chaplain) of Gonville & Caius College 1616-26 C. of St Sepulchre's, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], 1615 V. of St Peter's, [Cambridge], [Cambridgeshire], 1615-17 Travelled abroad as chaplain to Sir Albertus Morton on his mission to the united protestant princes of Germany , Chaplain to Charles I. V. of Barwick, Norfolk , 1624 R. of St Alban, Wood Street, London , 1625-43 ejected. Preb. of Wells, [Somerset], 1633 appointed Archdeacon of Wells, [Somerset], 1645 but never took possession. Army chaplain to Prince Rupert during the Wars. m. Dorothy VAUGHAN dau. of Mrs Judith VAUGHAN widow, of Canterbury, [Kent], 1625/6:02:21 Author; translated Confessions of St Augustine ; edited Historia Major of Matthew Paris. d. 1649 at Kinsale, Ireland , ; buried there. Admon. (P.C.C.) 1663:08 ( Venn I. 193; D.N.B. ; Hennessy ; Al. Oxon. ) |